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With music including a rendition of“Halo” amongst the set list, the concert

would not be complete without an electricguitar or two. Langley senior Alex

Blankinship played the electric bass dur-ing the “Out of This World” concert.

With music including a rendition of“Halo” amongst the set list, the concert

would not be complete without an electricguitar or two. Langley senior Alex

Blankinship played the electric bass dur-ing the “Out of This World” concert.

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Rachel Stone

The Connection

Where some might seecolorful bricks, the sixmembers of Team Posi-

tive Aftermath see Legos as thebuilding blocks of the future. In abrain-charged feat at the St. Louis FIRST (For Inspi-ration and Recognition of Science and Technology)Robotics World Festival, these elementary and middleschool students won rave reviews for their robot andresearch. Returning home to Great Falls, their headswere filled with new ideas, and their arms toted theirfirst place trophy award for innovative solutions andresearch.

Along with regional and state contests, a year ofpreparation under expert coach Aditi Vij brought theteam to St. Louis for the world championship of Legorobotics. They faced over 600 teams under one roof,flown in from 70 regions around the globe.

Much unlike athletic competitions, FIRSTinnovatively encourages inter-team cooperation,which fosters enduring international friendships.“Our favorite part was definitely meeting all the otherteams!” remembered sixth grader Alex Tisseront.

THE TEAM’S ROBOT “Bubbles” was lauded byjudges for its multi-geared cage design and pneu-matic function, which maximized accuracy and effi-ciency. “Our team went through at least six differentrobots before coming up with our final design,” re-marked sixth grader Sanjana Meduri. “So giving upis not a word in our dictionary!”

As in any project, the final product was the resultof apportioned roles and teamwork. Programming,digital design, research and documentation, construc-tion, and professional outreach were all on the team’sagenda. With perseverance, the end result was real-ized through long weekend practices, evening calls,and biweekly meetings.

But if robot construction wasn’tenough, the team also recruitedthe aid of MIT professors and theNational Institute of Health (NIH)to tackle the problem of safe drink-ing water in the wake of disasters.According to their findings, thedemand for potable drinking wa-ter is expected to exceed supplyby 40 percent in the next two de-cades.

Using labs at NOVA, the teamcreated patented prototypes of awater purifier, which filters allfrom heavy metals to hurricanecontaminants. “We also grew e-coli cultures to test the bacterialeffect of colloidal silver,” explainedseventh grader Aaraj Vij, “Doing

the experiments ourselves and seeing the results wasboth fun and educational!” Their creativity and in-tellect is destined for good. “Our dream has cometrue, and we want to keep pushing forward until oursolution is in stores internationally,” said seventhgrader Vishnu Murthy.

Even after brainstorms and Google hangouts, thesemembers aren’t ready to split. They enjoy dozens ofhours of time together—on field trips, fundraisingfor the Red Cross, and mentoring younger teams.“We tend to bring out the best in each other!” saidseventh grader Siona Prasad.

THEIRS IS A TEAM that bridges school bound-aries and earth’s four corners; they attend five areaschools and their nationalities include French, In-dian and Chinese. One fun tradition has been learn-ing a new dance each year—this year, the robot danceitself—and sharing their interests of chess, music,athletics and even comedy.

Zach Wang, a sixth grader, thanks the coaches forfine-tuning his public speaking skills. “At first, I didn’tlike to talk, and now I’m much less shy,” he said.Parent Astrid Tisseront also listed First Lego Leaguecontributions of real-life skills: everything from re-search presentation and receiving feedback, to ana-lytical questioning and product marketing. “Theseare certainly not the first things ‘legos’ and ‘robotics’bring to mind.”

Now heading into its fifth year, Team Positive Af-termath encourages fellow students at school and inthe community to join them. Learn more atwww.usfirst.org.

The team members hold their first place trophy in front of FIRST’s festival banner.

World ChampionsGreat Falls’ LegoRobotics Teambrings home firstplace at WorldFestival.

The team takes a field tripfrom competing to the St.Louis Gateway Arch.

By Reena Singh

The Connection

What if mental illnessand suicide didn’thave a stigma? That’s

a question Safe Community Coa-lition and the Josh AndersonFoundation hope to make into areality.

The two organizations invitedstudents from schools through-out the area and parents to theTeen-to-Teen Mental HealthSummit at McLean CommunityCenter on Thursday to listen toa panel of teenagers about theirexperience with depression andhow to help those who may befighting the problem themselves.

“You have to speak up, or youwill be battling it alone,” saidWill Rau, senior at Langley HighSchool. “Happy thoughts orwishful thinking won’t cut it.”

Each of the six panelists - fromschools like Thomas JeffersonHigh School of Science and Tech-nology, McLean High and Lan-gley High - urged those with de-pression to get professional help.The first step for many was totell their parents.

“Telling my parents was one ofthe best things in my life becauseat that point, things started tochange,” said Jack Saunders.

Saunders said he was a happykid, but he began feeling achange in his mood when he wasin middle school.

“I was always a happy person,”he said. “My parents would callme their sunshine.”

By the time he was in highschool, he coped with his stressby scratching, then cutting, hisarm. He also coped through al-cohol, and nearly drank enoughto kill himself one night.

“I wanted to get better, andthat was a big part of it,” he said.“You have to want to get better.”

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Hanna Hunt took her pageantcrown off of her head that nightto reveal herself as a Langleystudent who suffered from anxi-ety. The 17-year-old junior madeteen depression and anxiety herplatform after winning the pag-eant.

She said she often feels aloneand like a failure even after hav-ing successes.

“I didn’t want to go to therapybecause you don’t want to thinkyou’re crazy,” she said.

After the panelists spoke,teens and parents separated.Parents were informed the bestway to help teens deal with de-pression and anxiety while thestudents had a break-out sessionto figure out the best way todestigmatize depression atschool.

After the teens discussed op-tions, they presented the list toother groups. Many studentsfound the event and discussionhelpful and enlightening.

“I have experience with de-pression,” said 17-year-oldJamie Simon, Reston. “It wasgood to hear other people telltheir stories, and I felt a ground-ing experience that helped meorient myself.”

Others came to the event be-cause they had friends whowere dealing with depressionand did not know how to helpthem. In February, two studentsat Langley High School killedthemselves in the same weekdue to unspoken depression,causing a surge of interest in thetopic and a hope for change.

“I came here because I’m in-terested in this topic,” said 16-year-old Apiding Osika,McLean. “A lot of people at myschool have these issues, and Idon’t know how to help them.It helped me to see how to dealwith the issue and see how com-mon it is.”

Clinical Psychologist Jennifer Leyton-Armakan talksto teens during the Teen-to-Teen Mental Health Sum-mit Thursday.

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The award for Best Play went to “The Children’s Hour” at Langley High School.(From left): Hayley Wenk, Madeleine Chalk, Kathleen Welch and Rachel Mayman.

Cappies Awarded forHigh School TheaterT

he 15th Annual Cappies Awards Gala for highschool theater was held Sunday, June 8 atThe Kennedy Center. Nine Cappies went to

West Potomac High School for “Spamalot,” includ-ing the coveted Best Musical award. The Best Play

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The award for GraduatingCritic went to JamieJoeyen-Waldorf of GreatFalls from Langley HighSchool.

The award for SupportingActress in a Play went toLily Brock of Herndon for“The Children’s Hour” atLangley High School.

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Cappiesaward went to Langley HighSchool for “The Children’s Hour.”The Cappies’ show season ex-tended from October 2013 to May2014, and Cappies shows wereattended, on average, by 45 stu-dent critics. This year’s event in-cluded 58 public and private high

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Connolly (VA-11) and

Paul Tonko (NY-20)

Co-chairs, Sustainable Energy

and Environment Coalition

The EPA’s new proposalto safeguard the air webreathe and contain aprimary driver of cli-

mate change by reducing carbonemissions from existing powerplants is the lynchpin to reducingour carbon footprint. As co-chairsof the House Sustainable Energyand Environmental Coalition, wewelcome action on carbon pollu-tion and look forward to workingwith all stakeholders in a respon-sible manner to advance a 21stcentury energy economy forAmerica.

Power plants are responsible for40 percent of U.S. carbon pollu-tion. Without addressing thissource of pollution our efforts fadein significance. Similar safeguardsalready exist for other hazardouspollutants such as lead, arsenic,and mercury. And they haveworked. Why shouldn’t the sameapply for carbon? By targeting thissource of pollution, we protectpublic health, the economy, andnational security.

Unfortunately, there are thosewho would have us believe thatthese and other EPA safeguardsthreaten our shared national pri-orities. Just as they did when Con-gress, in a bipartisan fashion,adopted the Clean Air and CleanWater acts a generation ago, thesecritics offer the same hackneyedarguments they always make: theycontend the public does not wantthese protections, they will killjobs, bankrupt the economy, andcause electricity rates to double.This is the same crowd that wageddeceitful campaigns warning ofdeath panels, a government-runtakeover of healthcare, and social-ized medicine in the hopes of dis-tracting us from the urgent needfor the Affordable Care Act.

Such false and misleadingclaims were shameful then, and if

repeated, will jeopardize the tre-mendous strides we’ve made inprotecting public health. Unfortu-nately, some took to attacking theEPA’s latest proposal even beforeit was released. Last week,Speaker Boehner said the EPA is“hurting our economy” with suchproposals, though he did note hewas no expert on climate changeand had not yet seen the proposedregulation. Let’s move beyondsuch rhetoric and look at the facts.

Take the first claim that carbonpollution restrictions will kill jobsand devastate the economy. Evi-dence tells us that we can haveboth a clean environment and astrong economy. In a recent op-ed, Christine Todd Whitman, aRepublican, who is the formerGovernor of New Jersey and wasEPA Administrator under Presi-dent George W. Bush, highlightedthat “…between 1970 and 2006,U.S. GDP grew by 195 percent, yetthanks to regulatory changes an-nual emissions of carbon monox-ide, nitrogen oxide, sulfur dioxide,and lead all decreased signifi-cantly.” In other words, economicgrowth and regulation can and dointertwine successfully.

Investing in new energy stan-dards actually has helped fuel thateconomic growth. For example,since the Clean Air Act was passedin 1970, every dollar spent oncompliance standards has yielded$4-$8 in economic return on thatinvestment.

The fact is that these standardshave been a catalyst for a new gen-eration of clean energy, new in-vestment in plants and equipment,and the creation of thousands ofdomestic jobs. Employment in theAmerican solar industry, for ex-ample, grew ten times faster thanthe national employment averagerate last year.

Another tired but predictableclaim opponents will make is thatelectricity rates will increase. TheWashington Post’s fact checker,who does not take a position onEPA rules, debunked this allega-tion noting that “this [claim] doesnot pass the laugh test.” The CleanAir Act amendments of 1990 alsowere assailed by similar attacks.So what happened to electricityrates? They decreased. Between1990 and 2006, electricity ratesfell by 47 percent in Arkansas, 332percent in Georgia, 64 percent inIllinois, 28 percent in Indiana, 35percent in Michigan, 30 percentin North Carolina, 18 percent inOhio, 36 percent in Pennsylvania,40 percent in Utah, and 36 per-cent in Virginia. Even the powercompanies agree. The CEO ofAmerican Electric Power, one ofour nation’s largest utilities, saidthat with enough time to prepare,the transition to a cleaner energyfuture can occur “without a majorimpact to customers or theeconomy.”

Finally, these perennial alarmistswill argue that the American pub-

lic does not want the “boot of gov-ernment regulation on their neck.”To the contrary, when it comes tobasic health protections, theAmerican public overwhelminglyhas said it doesn’t want the threatof pollution on its neck. A 2012American Lung Association reportfound that Americans support theClean Air Act by a 2-to-1 margin.The same report found nearly 3out of 4 respondents believe weshouldn’t have to choose betweenhealth and safety standards andpromoting the economy. They un-derstand that the opponents arepresenting them with a falsechoice and that we can and mustdo both. And when it comes tosetting limits on carbon pollutionfrom power plants, a February2014 poll found 7 out of 10 Ameri-cans support these safeguards.Seventy percent!

But you won’t hear the Housemajority reminding the public ofthese inconvenient truths. Theyprefer reckless rhetorical argu-ments and irresponsible inaction.Reducing carbon emissions posesa significant challenge, and welook forward to working with in-dustry, the environmental commu-nity, and stakeholders at the local,state, and federal levels to addressthis challenge. But first we mustbe willing to move beyond thesecampaigns of fear and deception.

Thankfully, there are indicationsthat industry and the public un-derstand this. For example, use ofsolar power by American compa-nies increased by 40 percent lastyear.

Those businesses, and their cus-tomers, understand the value ofinvesting in American ingenuityand innovation – a healthier envi-ronment, a sustainable source ofdomestic energy, creating newhigh-skilled jobs.

The Obama Administration hastaken a bold step in proposing a30 percent reduction from 2005levels in carbon emissions frompower plants. We support that ef-fort and know that America’shealth and economic wellbeingwill benefit immeasurably.

Clearing the Air on New Carbon Standards

Connolly Tonko

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MONDAY/JUNE 16Spanish Conversation Group. 1

p.m. Great Falls Library, 9830Georgetown Pike, Great Falls.

Practice Spanish as a foreignlanguage in this casual conversationgroup.

Preschool Storytime. 10:30 a.m.Great Falls Library, 9830 GeorgetownPike, Great Falls. Join us for stories,song and activities. Ages 3-5 with agrown-up.

TUESDAY/JUNE 17Red Cross Blood Drive. 9 a.m. – 2:30

p.m. NetApp, 1921 Gallows Road,Vienna.

Improve your English Skills. 11a.m. Dolley Madison Library,1244 Oak Ridge Ave, McLean. Getfocused help with reading,writing, speaking and listening.Adults.

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The 4th of July HometownCelebration and Parade inGreat Falls will be held on

Friday, July 4 at Great Falls VillageCentre. Celebrate Great Falls Foun-dation has announced a dawn-to-dusk schedule that includes:

* 8 a.m . — 5K Walk/Run —Great Falls Freedom Memorial

The Great Falls Trailblazers arebringing the Annual 5K Walk/Runto local trails. Join the participantsat the Freedom Memorial on theLibrary grounds. From there, gooff-road on the Lucy Hanes Trail,along Arnon Chapel and pastGreat Falls Elementary beforeheading back to the Freedom Me-morial. Register that morning.

* 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. — INOVABlood Drive — Great Falls Volun-teer Fire Department

The Great Save Lives, GiveBlood. Everyone who completesthe donor screening procedure willreceive a free Donor T-shirt. PhotoID required. Allow 1 hour for do-nor visit. Call 866-256-6372 toschedule your appointment today.

* 9 a.m. — Little Patriot Parade— Village Centre Green (at theGazebo)

Babies and Toddlers up to age 5are welcome to parade their fin-est patriotic display around theGreen. Awards for “Young George

Washington,” Little Miss BetsyRoss,” and “The Star SpangledFamily.” 9 a.m. Registration at theGazebo — 9:15 a.m. Little PatriotParade start.

* 10 a.m. — Main Parade —Great Falls Village Centre

See the floats, horses, antiquecars and pets making a loop in theMain Parade. Be sure to spot thewinning floats for Best Neighbor-

hood, Best Business and Best Or-ganization.

Starts on Columbine Road andproceeds around the Village Cen-tre Green.

After the parade, enjoy burgers,dogs and snowcones along withmusic, field games and festivitieson the Village Centre Green withyour Great Falls neighbors. Therewill be no Fireworks this year.

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The Celebrate Great Falls float makes its way down Col-umbine Street during the annual Great Falls Fourth ofJuly parade last year.

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Faith Notes

Faith Notes are for announce-ments and events in the faith com-munity. Send to [email protected] is Friday.

The Antioch ChristianChurch, 1860 Beulah Road inVienna is hosting a Father’s Dayworship and Picnic beginning at10 a.m. on Sunday June 15. Eachman attending will receive thebook, “Playbook for an Uncom-mon Life” by Tony Dungy. A pot-luck picnic will follow the worshipservice where each person bringsfood of their choice to share. Formore information go towww.antiochdoc.org or call 703-938-6753.

The Jewish Social ServicesAgency (JSSA) offers a wide va-riety of support groups for thosewith emotional, social, and physi-cal challenges. www.jssa.org/growth-learning.

HAVEN of Northern Vir-ginia offers a variety of free be-reavement support groups, meet-ing on a weekly basis. 703-941-7000 or www.havenofnova.org.


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Father’s Day Photo Gallery

Three generations united on May 17, as Honor Flight World War II Veteran, 87-year-oldJim Tisthammer of California, was joined by his daughter, Janet T. and grandson Luke T.Jameson of Great Falls at the WWII Memorial in Washington, D.C.

Reid Siffring, 4,and OliverSiffring, 2, withtheir grandfa-ther JimMcQuaig, ofGreat Falls,helping out atthe office.

Samantha Siffring, of Great Falls, Caroline,16; Josh, 14; and their father Jim, at awedding in The Outer Banks last June.

Floyd, Stephanie and Christian Gaibler ofGreat Falls celebrating Christmas atRiverbend Country Club.


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THURSDAY/JUNE 12Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band. 8

p.m. Wolf Trap Filene Center, 1551Trap Rd, Vienna. Celebrate an erawith a band of rock n’ roll virtuososfrom the Beatles, Santana, Journey,Toto and more! $35-$65. 703-255-1900.

Summer Exhibitions OpeningReception and Gallery Talk. 7-9p.m. McLean Project for the Arts,1234 Ingleside Avenue, McLean.

FRIDAY/JUNE 13 - SUNDAY/JUNE 22“Bat Boy: The Musical.” 1st Stage

Theatre in Tysons, 1524 Spring HillRoad, McLean. A musical comedy/horror spoof and satire on Americanprejudice featuring a half-boy, half-bat creature a the main character.Performances now through June 22.Fridays 8 p.m., Saturdays 2 p.m. and8 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. and 7p.m. Tickets: $32, Students &Military: $15, Senior (age 65): $27.http://www.1stStageTysons.org/.703-854-1856.

FRIDAY/JUNE 13 – SUNDAY/JUNE 15 Salvador Dali: The Sculpture

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FRIDAY/JUNE 13 II Volo. 8 p.m. Wolf Trap Filene

Center, 1551 Trap Rd, Vienna. Pop-opera trio of Italian teen heartthrobscombines soaring voices with playfulcharm in a multilingual “mixture ofAndrea Bocelli and the JonasBrothers.” (The NYTimes) $30-$65.703-255-1900.

SATURDAY/JUNE 14Memorial Race and Fun Run. 8:30

a.m. at Franklin Middle School, 3300Lees Corner Road, Chantilly. First“Born to Run” 5k Memorial Race andFun Run in honor of the late teacherJannine Parisi. $30+ for 5K, $15+for 1K goes towards an educationfund for Jannine’s two daughters. Toparticipate, register atwww.prraces.com. Volunteersneeded, contact Assistant PrincipalBryan Holland at [email protected].

Wolf Trap’s 25th Annual LouisianaSwamp Romp™. 2 p.m. Wolf TrapFilene Center, 1551 Trap Rd, Vienna.The Big Easy party is back! Dance toLouisiana’s hottest bands and jump inthe second line parade. $30. 703-255-1900.

Great Falls Farmers Market. 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Great Falls Village Centre, 778Walker Road, Great Falls.www.celebrategreatfalls.org/

veteran and diplomat Robert F. Dorr,who will discuss his newest book“Fighting Hitler’s Jets,” whichcombines basic historical informationwith compelling personal stories ofhow Americans flying propeller-driven planes were able to developcombat tactics to defeat the newlyintroduced German jets. For moreinformation, call 703-938-5187 orvisit www.historicviennainc.org.

WEDNESDAY/JUNE 18Morning Book Group. 10:30 a.m.

Great Falls Library, 9830 GeorgetownPike, Great Falls. Call for currenttitle. 703-757-8560.

Pokemon League. 4:30 p.m. GreatFalls Library, 9830 Georgetown Pike,Great Falls. Come play Pokemon withyour friends! Ages 5-15.

THURSDAY/JUNE 19Reading Buddies. 4:30 p.m. Great

Falls Library, 9830 Georgetown Pike,Great Falls. Grab a book, grab abuddy. Beginning readers and teenspractice reading together. Teenvolunteers please arrive at 4:15 p.m.

Evening Book Group. 7:30 p.m.Great Falls Library, 9830 GeorgetownPike, Great Falls. Call branch for title.703-757-8560.

FRIDAY/JUNE 20Playdate Cafe. 10 a.m. Great Falls

Library, 9830 Georgetown Pike,Great Falls. Play area for toys forchildren. Coffee and conversation forgrown-ups. Ages 0- Preschool withparent or caregiver.

Drop-In Chess. 1 p.m. Great FallsLibrary, 9830 Georgetown Pike,Great Falls. Drop in and play chess.All skill levels welcome.

Summer on the Green Concert.6:30 p.m. Vienna Town Green, 144Maple Avenue E, Vienna.

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Farrell Parker and JimmyMavrikes in “Bat Boy: TheMusical” at 1st Stagethrough June 22.

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By Jon Roetman

The Connection

Members of theMcLean baseballteam waited pa-tiently in the

first-base dugout at Madison HighSchool as a steady rain drenchedthe field. The Highlanders had putthemselves in a position to win.Now, it was a matter of determin-ing whether they would return toaction to finish the job, or ifMother Nature would take care ofbusiness.

After a half-hour had passed,umpires determined there wouldbe no more baseball played on thisWednesday evening. The McLeandugout erupted. Players leapedover the railing and sprinted intoright field for a celebratory dogpile.

McLean defeated Madison 5-1 ina rain-shortened 6A North regionsemifinal contest on June 4 inVienna. With the victory, the High-landers secured what is believedto be the first region-final berth inprogram history.

The Highlanders led 5-1 after sixcomplete innings. After McLeanfailed to score in the top of theseventh, Madison came to bat inthe bottom half during a steadyrainfall. The Warhawks had run-ners on first and second with oneout and Michael Nielsen facing a1-2 count when umpires stoppedthe game.

The rain continued to fall dur-ing a nearly 30-minute delay. At9:30 p.m., umpires called thegame and the Highlanders wereheading to the region final.

“To be honest, it felt like a mil-lion years,” McLean sophomoreshortstop Conor Grammes saidabout the half-hour rain delay. “Ikept waiting for those umpires tocome out and call the game or saywe had to go back out there. Evenif we did have to go back out there,we all had the mindset. We didn’tlet each other stop thinking aboutthe game. We kept our heads right.It all played out the right way.”

McLean head coach JohnDowling said it was “unfortunate”the game ended the way it did,adding the Highlanders wereready to get back on the field.

“It was an odd situation,” hesaid. “Looking at the field, wecould sort of anticipate what washappening, but it’s a crappy way

to end a pretty well-played gameby both sides.”

While the game wasn’t finishedon the field, McLean put itself inposition to win during the first sixinnings thanks in large part to theperformance of pitcher JoeySullivan. The Virginia Tech signeewas roughed up in his previousstart at Madison High School onMay 9, allowing seven runs — fourearned — and five hits in 1 1/3innings. Wednesday night was adifferent story, as the senior right-hander tossed a complete game,allowing one earned run and threehits in six innings. He walked one,hit one batter and struck out four.

“I thought about it, but today Iwas loose,” Sullivan said about hisprevious start at Madison. “We hadnothing to lose and I had nothingto lose. … Tonight was probablythe toughest environment I’ve everthrown in because it was so hu-mid. Early in the [game], I reallycouldn’t get a grip on the ball, Iwas so sweaty.”

With McLean leading by fourruns, Sullivan walked the Madisonleadoff batter in the bottom of thesixth inning, but responded bystriking out the next threeWarhawk hitters.

“Joey did a great job,” Dowlingsaid. “It’s been the same story allyear long — when he commands

his fastball, he’s extremely diffi-cult. When he keeps his fastballdown, he gets a ton of groundballsand he was able to locate threepitches today, pretty effectivelyuntil the storms came. When hedoes that, he’s tough because he’sgot the velocity. He always throwsstrikes, but it’s those quality strikesthat make the difference for him.”

The Madison baseball teamended the 2014 season with a 21-3 record.

McLean jumped out to a 2-0 leadin the top of the first inning againstMadison starting pitcher JohnDeFazio. The first five Highlanderbatters reached base, starting withSullivan reaching on an error andending with third baseman JesseJones drawing a run-scoring baseon balls. Left fielder Grady Painealso got credit for an RBI in theinning, when he was hit by an 0-2pitch with the bases loaded.

McLean added three runs in thefifth inning. Grammes and catcherCaleb Beatty led off the frame withback-to-back singles, and Jones,first baseman Jonathan Clines,and right fielder Evan Blake eachdelivered an RBI single.

Grammes, a 5-foot-10, 155-pound sophomore, went 4-for-4 atthe plate, including a pair ofdoubles, and played solid defenseat shortstop.

“Conor had a fantastic game andhe’s been, of late, making somevery big adjustments that are nowpaying dividends now on the dia-mond,” Dowling said. “Again, hekind of gets overlooked becausehe’s not physically imposing. He’snot the quickest guy, he’s not thebiggest guy, but nobody squaresthe baseball up better than ConorGrammes.

“We said at the start of the sea-son that we felt like we had twoof the best shortstops in the con-ference on our team. When Joeypitches, we don’t lose a single bitof defense with Conor out there.He did a terrific job.”

Beatty went 2-for-3 at the plate.Blake finished 2-for-2.

DeFazio suffered the loss forMadison. The junior right-hander,who is committed to Virginia Tech,allowed five runs — four earned— and eight hits in 4 2/3 innings.He walked three, hit two battersand struck out five.

Madison’s Nielsen led off thebottom of the third with a double,and Trey Ramsey followed with anRBI single for the Warhawks’ onlyrun.

The loss dropped Madison’srecord to 21-3 and ended its sea-son. The Warhawks enteredWednesday’s contest having won21 of their last 22 games. They

won both regular-season meetingswith the Highlanders, beatingMcLean 8-1 on April 8 and 11-3on May 9.

The Highlanders, however, weremuch improved Wednesday.McLean, the No. 4 seed from Con-ference 6, has won six of its lastseven games after struggling dur-ing the second half of the regularseason.

“We started to play loose, be-cause we knew we were the un-derdog,” Sullivan said. “Especiallyfor me. It was my final coupleweeks of my senior year and I’menjoying them in school. Westarted playing loose, we startedplaying together. We got hot at theright time. It’s been a fantasticride.”

The Highlanders started the sea-son 8-2, but dropped seven of theirnext eight, evening their record at9-9.

“For a while now, we’ve growninto a pretty confident group,”Dowling said. “[There was a time]there in the middle [of the season]when we weren’t very confidentand we didn’t have cause to be.The [coaching] staff, we knew thewhole time — and it’s tough toconvince 16-, 18-year-old kids —— we knew the whole time we stillhad the talent, it was just a mat-ter of executing.”

McLean Falls to Chantilly in Region FinalMcLean would lose to Chantilly in the

region final, 12-0, on June 6. The Highland-ers used quality pitching, sound defense,and timely hitting to advance through theregion tournament, but none of those threewere present for the Highlanders in thechampionship game. Chantilly took controlearly with nine first-inning runs and cruisedto victory at Chantilly High School. It wasthe Chargers’ first region title in programhistory. Neither team used either of its toptwo pitchers during the contest. While four

McLean hurlers combined to give up 12 runs,Chantilly’s Matt Hogle tossed a four-hit shut-out against the Highlanders. McLean also com-mitted three errors in the field.

“I’d like them to take nothing away fromtonight — get rid of it,” Dowling said. “That’sclearly not a reflection of the team we’ve beenthe last three weeks.”

While McLean fell short of a region title, theHighlanders will have standout pitcherSullivan and Colin Morse rested and ready forthe state tournament. McLean will face 6A

South region champion Western Branch inthe semifinals at 3 p.m. on Friday, June 13at Robinson Secondary School.

“We need to get past this,” Dowling said.“We wanted them to remember what thismoment feels like because we don’t haveto feel this moment again this year. Every-thing is still in front of us. We’ve had onegoal since Day One: to get to states. Nowwe’re there. We kept saying, get us to statesand we’ve got a chance. We have the armsto get it done.”

McLean Baseball Secures State Berth with Win Over MadisonHighlanders losein region final,will face WesternBranch at states.

Joey Sullivan and the McLean baseball team earned astate tournament berth with a 5-1 victory against Madi-son in the 6A North region semifinals on June 4.

McLean sophomore shortstop Conor Grammes went4-for-4 with two doubles against Madison on June 4.

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By Katherine Cassidy

Langley High School Junior

The Langley HighSchool Orchestra per-formed its final con-cert of the year on

Tuesday, June 3, in the Langley HSAuditorium. The “Out of ThisWorld” themed concert was theperfect combination of presentingmusic and honoring the seniors asthey performed on their highschool stage for the last time. Di-rected by Dr. Scott McCormick andMs. Bo-Min Son, Langley Orches-tra enthralled the audience withmusic inspired by the mystery ofspace, receiving a standing ovationfrom the full house.

“The concert was a great way toend the year and the pieces per-formed were very captivating andfun to listen to as well as play.

‘Transformers’ was a terrific pieceto close the concert and send theseniors off to graduation,” saidsophomore Minh Pham.

The concert opened with theSophomore Orchestra playing fa-miliar music by John Williamsfrom the movies “E.T.” and “TheEmpire Strikes Back.” The Philhar-monic Orchestra performed an-other John Williams composition,“Across the Stars,” assisted byformer Langley student AlyssaKatahara, who is currently study-ing harp at the Interlochen ArtsAcademy. The acoustical limits ofthe auditorium were tested by thePhilharmonic Orchestra’s rendi-tion of “Jupiter,” a boisterousmovement from Gustav Holst’s“The Planets.” Senior BenjaminNguyen performed an interestingpiano interlude, “Attack of the Ti-tans.” The Freshmen Orchestrapresented fantastic renditions ofclassics in popular culture: thethemes from “Star Wars,” “Juras-sic Park,” and “Raider’s March.” Inan attempt to release theaudience’s inner nerd, the Sym-phonic Orchestra performed“Halo,” from the popular videogame, with seniors AlexBlankinship (electric bass) and

Aaron Sun (synthesizer), andguest Joseph Reilly (electric gui-tar). The Symphonic Orchestracombined with the Chamber Or-chestra to boldly go where no Lan-gley HS musicians have gone be-fore in their performance of mu-sic from “Star Trek.”

Although the Langley Orchestrais an entirely string orchestra, thispops concert was performed withfull orchestra which includedbrass, wind, and percussion instru-ments. Orchestra students weregrateful for the opportunity to col-laborate with professional musi-cians and Langley band students,as the variety of instruments en-hanced the music and trulybrought it to life.

“This year was truly brilliant andwe will miss the seniors so much!This concert was fantastic and therising seniors and I will work ourhardest to ensure that every con-cert is even more memorable nextyear!” said Sara Zahir, incomingpresident of the musical honorssociety, Tri-M.

In the spirit of Orchestra Tradi-tion, the final concert of the yearrecognized the senior class fortheir four years of contribution tothe orchestra. Soon-to-be gradu-

ates shared their favorite memo-ries from Langley Orchestra whenintroducing songs during the con-cert. Following each member re-ceiving individual recognition fortheir plans after graduation, the 50seniors came together and per-formed a medley from the popu-lar movie “Transformers.” CraigHunter, Langley Orchestra alum-nus, arranged the music, and Se-nior Aaron Sun created specialmusical effects on the synthesizer.“The orchestra concert was a phe-nomenal experience and a greatway for the seniors to end theirjourney with a bang. From funmusic to cool sound effects, every-thing about it was a blast!” saidLangley High Junior Ali Farzad

This concert was not only thefinal concert for seniors, but wasalso the final Langley Orchestra

concert performed in the LangleyAuditorium until the high schoolhas completed its renovations. Thehard work of students, parents,and the Langley directors ensuredthat Langley Orchestra ended theyear with a bang. The concert wasa collaboration with the LHS sci-ence department’s Astronomyteacher Sarah Ell and her students,who brought the Outer Spacetheme to life in their astronomyexhibits. The LHS student techcrew, under the direction of LHSGerman teacher Herr Rademacher,conveyed the wonders of Space byprojecting lasers onto the ceilingin time with the music.

As he bid farewell to the stu-dents of the Class of 2014, Direc-tor Dr. Scott McCormick encour-aged all to “Live long, play beau-tifully, and prosper.”

Natalie Fahlberg, this year’s president of the Tri-M Honor Society, plays the violin dur-ing the senior-exclusive performance of “Transformers.”

At the last concert of theyear, Langley Orchestrarecognizes each senior fortheir plans after gradua-tion. Co-concertmaster JuliaHara smiles as she is recog-nized for her college plansin an honors program.

Senior violinist GretchenRoesel beams as it is an-nounced that she willattend the U.S. MilitaryAcademy at West Point.

Senior cellists Julia Pennington and Harrison Nam play intheir last concert at Langley HS.

A Music ‘Out of This World’Langley HighSchool Orchestrapresents its finalconcert of theyear.

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The Great Falls Foundation for The Arts(GFFFTA) will host Summer Art Campsin Great Falls. Sessions are offered June26 thru Aug. 22, mornings (9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.), afternoons (12:30-4:30p.m.), plus a full-day option.

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Details & registration: All camps are heldat classroom studio at - GF School of Art,1144 Walker Road, Suite D in Great Falls.

Camp helps children develop art skills ofthe week’s theme. Professional artist teach-ers make classes fun and encourage creativ-ity.

The Great Falls Foundation for The Arts(GFFFTA) is a local charitable organizationrunning GF School of Art, Working Artists’Studios and Gallery. Visitwww.greatfallsart.org or [email protected]

Do More 24Set for June 19

Through Do More 24 – a region-wide, 24-hour online marathon of giving on Thurs,

June 19 – United Way NCA is, on onesingle day, calling the entire DC metroregion together to help keep hundredsof local nonprofits vital throughout theyear.

So far 400 nonprofits – including manyserving Fairfax/Falls Church – are par-ticipating.

Last year, $1.3 million was raisedthrough the first Do More 24 day.

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Superintendent Karen Garza at a work ses-sion on May 28.

The recommendations would get rid ofhalf-day Mondays for elementary schoolstudents, while also giving elementaryschool teachers more dedicated time forplanning, Garza said, spreading the plan-ning time throughout the week instead ofhaving it on Mondays.

“I do believe this is the solution to theissue of time,” Garza said at the work ses-sion.

Getting rid of half-day Mondays wouldbring 2.5 more hours of educational timefor students. Ten extra minutes would alsobe added to the school day, to be used forrecess.

THE PLAN will cost money to implement.Dan Parris, interim deputy superintendent,estimates that it will cost between four to7.6 million dollars to support changes in-cluding “staffing positions at the elemen-tary level to meet expectations for collabo-rative and teacher-directed planning time,”according to the presentation.

“If you want to do this, there is an invest-ment,” Parris said.

Garza said whether this happens in Sep-tember or next year, it needs to be done.

Parris led a working group that came tothe recommendations, looking to find effi-ciencies and increase effectiveness in sched-ules.

“When you look at our working conditionsfeedback and data we received, elementaryfolks tend to rate their working conditionshigher on seven of the eight constructs. Theone that they don’t is around time,” Parrissaid. “In order to do something with theelementary day, you have to address theequity issue around the teacher directiveplanning time.”

School board members varied on whetherthey believe the changes should occur thisyear or next.

“This solves a lot of problems for fami-lies. I’ve had teachers tell me that their fami-lies would save hundreds of dollars a monthnot having to cover day care expenses onMondays,” said Elizabeth Schultz, schoolboard member for the Springfield district.

ALSO PART of the proposal at the May 28work session was a change to the entireschool system’s calendar from the state re-quired 180 days to 990 hours, another state-approved option. This would allow for 13snow days to take place without requiringany make-up days. This year, the school yearis extended three days because of 11 snowdays this winter.

Parris examined the number of snow daysFairfax County has had from 1989 to 2014.He said more snow days have been usedover the past ten years.

“We have used an average of 3.9 snowdays per year in that equation,” Parris said.

Loudon County has a similar system nowin place.

“This finally, once and for all, resolves ushaving this unknown out there of all latewe could possibly go,” Schultz said.

But whether the changes will occur thisyear or next is unclear.

“What we would be suggesting if we didthis is we would no longer be going by the180 calendar. So that means we haveenough hours beyond the 990 hours re-quired the equivalent of 13 days. So let’ssay we had another Snowmageddon and wemiss 14 days of school, after the 13th day,we would no longer meet the 990 hour re-quirement,” Garza said.

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Sometimes it’s not that the lower-level is “unfinished,” but rather thatthe house itself is “incomplete.”

Consider a 4,500 square foot Crafts-man-style home on a five-acre lot in GreatFalls that gracefully segues to a sizeablepool and patio. Yet there’s no same-levelbathroom, no changing room, no conve-nient shower; just 1,500 square feet ofground-level insulated basement situatedbehind French doors, large divided glasswindows and ample natural light.

Interestingly, the owner is an architect.He had sketched out a floorplan yearsago, but — busy with other priorities —was waiting to meet someone with theskills to build-out the lower level to hissatisfaction.

Seventeen years later, after interviewingseveral contenders, he hires Chris Arnold,top designer at Foster Remodeling Solu-tions.

“I was presented with a floorplan and

Remodeler collaborates with Great Falls architect-homeowner to create expansive lower-level.Pub by the Pool

Photo by Dimitri Gana

Chris Arnold at Foster Remodeling Solutions completed the intricatelower level interior of a Great Falls home. One component: a replicaIrish bar with an exposed 300-bottle wine rack tucked under the stairs.

several key concepts,“ Arnold said. Theowner “had been looking for a design/build firm to guide the material selection

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By Marilyn Campbell

The Connection

When a Great Fallshomeownerdecided shewanted to breathe

new life into her large coveredporch after a long, cold winter,she called on Anna Kucera, ownerand principal designer of Gra-cious Living by Design in Alexan-dria, to give the space a fresh lookin time for warm-weather gather-ings.

“The client has an expansiveporch with incredible views ofGreat Falls,” said Kucera. “She[wanted] to refresh and updatethe outdoor living space whilestill allowing the vista to remainthe focal point.”

Kucera’s goal was to create a spacethat was at once tranquil and invigorat-ing, but also respected the home’sarchitectural features, including stone-work and wood siding. Kucera wascareful to upholster the casual, butelegant seating with fabrics that weredurable, heavily textured and able towithstand the elements.

“Although the porch is covered, weneeded to select materials that couldwithstand moisture and sun exposure,”said Kucera. “And considering the largequantity of cushions on the porch, it wasprudent to select upholstery fabrics thatwould not become tiresome after a seasonor two.”

The upholstered cushions were crafted

from outdoor fabrics made of 100 percentsolution-dyed acrylic. The main seatingarea is accessorized with custom-sized,flat-woven, polypropylene area rugs byCouristan.

“Both solution-dyed acrylic andpolypropylene are inherently mildew andfade resistant,” said Kucera. “We selectedan off-white solid woven from Stroheim

to cover the back and arm cushions.For the seats and contrast welt onthe back cushions, we chose aneutral tone fabric with a subtle dot

Outdoor roomscall for specialmaterials.

A Porch with a View


This Great Falls porch offers spectacular views, which designer Anna Kucera empha-sized when redesigning it for warm weather entertaining.

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“We createdemphasis bycombiningsucculent citrusshades of green,orange and yellow.The mood couldeasily be changedwith pillows bycombining soothingtones of sea glass,green and aqua, orby boldlycontrasting blackand off-white.”

— Anna Kucera,owner and principal designer of

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pattern designed by Wendy Tsuji andLinda Ueda for Perennials.”

The rugs are perfect for alfresco gather-ings: “Clients who enjoy entertainingoutdoors and love natural sisal rugs areimpressed with the way polypropylenerugs offer the same look with the addedbenefits of easy clean-up ... along withdurability,” said Nancy Hardy, a designassociate at Gracious Living by Design.

Kucera used a neutral and timelesspalette as a backdrop for vibrant pops ofcolor in accessories such as toss pillows.“We created emphasis by combiningsucculent citrus shades of green, orangeand yellow,” she said. “The mood couldeasily be changed with pillows by combin-ing soothing tones of sea glass, green andaqua, or by boldly contrasting black andoff-white.”

To complete the space, Kucera pickedup a few accent pieces at The VirginiaFlorist of Alexandria. “I found accessoriesand finishing touches such as orchids incachepots, a sweet bird votive holder andgreenery-filled urns.”

These carefully chosen details gave the

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porch a polished aesthetic. “The objectsand works of art that we look for andcarry are as important as the floralarrangements that we create because wethink they should always work together,”


Alexandria, Va., based designer Anna Kucera chose neutral, weather-proof fabrics for the seat cushions on this Great Falls porch, which sheaccented with vibrantly colored throw pillows.


Alexandria, Va., based designerAnna Kucera created a coveredporch space that was tranquil andinvigorating, but also respectful ofthe Great Falls home’s architec-tural features, including stoneworkand wood siding.

said Kevin Green, owner of The VirginiaFlorist. “Our clients are interested not justin flowers, but in decorating their envi-ronments, and we share that kind ofholistic approach.”


process and generally help him realizethe many details in a project of this scope.It was an exciting assignment from thestart.”

That scope included a suite of roomsthat includes a replica Irish pub, a bil-liards room, a media room, a fully-equipped fitness center and a wine cellar,not to mention to the needed changingarea, bathroom and pool-access foyer.

“The collaboration began where thefloorplan left off,” Arnold said.

Every aspect of the interior designneeded to be developed, much of it inpursuit of a very specific ambiance,starting with the replica Irish pub.

“We talked about some of the pub’sgeneral characteristics, exposed beams,support columns, backbar. Then, it was upto my group to draft the elevations,”Arnold said.

As became apparent, the pub would beone of the suite’s central gathering areas.A half wall separates it from the bililardsroom; from the bar one wanders (bever-age in hand) into the spacious mediaroom.

“We wanted the pub to have its ownintegrity, to be nicely differentiated, yet italso needed to interact with adjoiningrooms,” said Arnold.

Hence, the Anglo-Irish style “drink rail”between the billiards room and the bar;the stacked fieldstone hearth in the familyroom.

Borrowing a few ideas from photos ofactual pubs, Arnold constructed replicabeams and stained them the signatureblack of rough-hewn timber. The room’sexisting steel vertical supports are,likewise, now clad in the same walnut-hued wood.

Searching for a festive central iconenvisioned by the owner, Arnold andteam proposed a 300-bottle wine rackneatly tucked behind glass doors underthe stairway.

“It’s entirely practical dry space storage,but the owner was looking for somethingvisually compelling that would add to theambiance,” he said. “In addition to beingspacious, it’s actually lit from behind foroptimal effect.”

To help unify the suite’s public spaces,Arnold and team installed prefinished oakhardwood flooring with seven inch planksin the pub, billiards room and familyroom. Sticking with the darker, “oldworld” color tones, the bar counter issurfaced in Black Galaxy granite.

Backbar cabinets are in cherrywoodwith a dark espresso stain. For contrast,mirrored wall panels, glass shelves andhalogen lighting create a sparklingsurface any pub aficionado will admire.

Just below eye-level, a stainless steelcounter surface with a welded-in sinkhelps the barkeep maintain order. Com-plete with kegerator, icemaker anddedicated wine- and beverage- refrigera-tors, it’s a plan that can quench almostany thirst.

Other lower level chambers are equallywell-conceived. From the pool, one passesthrough French doors into 135-square-foot foyer tiled with slip-resistant porce-lain. To the left, there’s a shower roomand changing area complete with bench;on the right, the ever-convenient halfbath.

The suite’s largest gathering spot is anearly 400 square foot family roomaccessible from the pool foyer and thepub. Featuring nine-foot ceilings and foureight-foot divided-light windows flankinga central fireplace, the room satisfiesmultiple requirements. There’s an 80-inchLCD video screen mounted on 15-feet of

wall space for video entertainment and astate of the art audio system.

The defining focal point, however, is thehearth, which is plainly visible from thepub and billiards room. Originally astandard builder-grade brick, the newdesign employs cultured stacked field-stone, a nod to “old country” ambiancethat shows to good effect on cooler days.

The adjacent billiards room, whichfeatures a three window bay, was de-signed to accommodate a regulation-sized(10x5) pool table. Visually linked to allthe suite’s public rooms, the room isspacious, airy, interactive.

On the other hand, the 200-square-footfitness center has been situated forprivacy. Accessible only through a backhall, the family gym offers weight ma-chines and a treadmill in a brightly litspace adorned with photos of top rugbyteams (the owner’s favorite sport).

In short, a perfect place for pursuing a“personal best.”

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Pub by the Pool

The billiards room, visually linked the suite’s other public spaces, wasdesigned to accommodate a regulation-sized pool table.

Photos by Dimitri Gana

A wine rack built under the stair-case and lit from behind is bothpractical storage space and afestive icon that sets off an other-wise empty wall.

Accessible only through a back hall, the 200-square-foot fitness centeroffers weight machines and a treadmill in a brightly lit room adornedwith photos of the owner’s favorite sport: rugby.

Owners wanted interactivity in the primary gathering areas. The Anglo-Irish “drink rail” separates the bar from the billiards room. Pre-finishedoak flooring visually unifies the pub, the billiards room and the adjacentmedia room.


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1 211 CLARKS RUN RD ............. 5 .. 5 .. 3 ... GREAT FALLS .. $3,675,000 .... Detached .... 6.83 ...... 22066 .......... BRANDES ESTATES ......... 04/01/14

2 6718 BENJAMIN ST ............... 7 .. 7 .. 2 ...... MCLEAN ..... $3,400,000 .... Detached .... 0.94 ...... 22101 ........... LANGLEY FOREST .......... 04/30/14

3 6022 ORRIS ST ...................... 6 .. 7 .. 2 ...... MCLEAN ..... $2,869,500 .... Detached .... 1.06 ...... 22101 .............. RIDGEWOOD ............. 04/07/14

4 123 COMMONAGE DR ........... 5 .. 5 .. 2 ... GREAT FALLS .. $2,250,000 .... Detached .... 6.46 ...... 22066 ............. SOUTHDOWN ............ 04/30/14

5 8815 GALLANT GREEN DR ..... 5 .. 5 .. 2 ...... MCLEAN ..... $2,200,000 .... Detached .... 0.95 ...... 22102 ......... WOODSIDE ESTATES ........ 04/01/14

6 721 STRAWFIELD LN ............. 6 .. 6 .. 1 ... GREAT FALLS .. $1,935,000 .... Detached .... 1.73 ...... 22066 ............... RIVERBEND .............. 04/17/14

7 1203 TOWLSTON RD ............. 5 .. 4 .. 1 ... GREAT FALLS .. $1,925,000 .... Detached .... 5.00 ...... 22066 ................UNKNOWN............... 04/30/14

8 655 POTOMAC RIVER RD ....... 5 .. 6 .. 1 ...... MCLEAN ..... $1,673,000 .... Detached .... 1.15 ...... 22102 ....... POTOMAC OVERLOOK ...... 04/28/14

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